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<blockquote data-quote="pm-r" data-source="post: 1644191" data-attributes="member: 175845"><p>That sounds logical Van and I was thinking the same kind of thing.</p><p></p><p>Then I got side-tracked wondering why and how the "~" file opened in TextEdit when the Get Info doesn't even show any extension. Then I recalled something from away back and Mac's "hidden" file resources and found this:</p><p>"<em>...Rather than relying on the file extension at the end of a file’s name, information about the file’s content — <strong>the file’s MIME type</strong> — is embedded into the beginning of the file itself. So, when you open a file with no file extension, Linux and Mac OS X will look at the file’s MIME type to determine what type of file it is. ..</em>." [Bold mine]</p><p><a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/192628/mime-types-explained-why-linux-and-mac-os-x-dont-need-file-extensions/" target="_blank">MIME Types Explained: Why Linux and Mac OS X Don’t Need File Extensions</a></p><p></p><p>Definitely a strange thing for the OP, and a bit unnerving as well. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>I think I'd want to use <strong>Find Any File</strong> and use it to locate any other files with the same created/modified date and close time as the "~" Get Info says. Just maybe some "companion" stuff may show up and trigger the old memory or something.</p><p></p><p>Grab <strong>Find Any File</strong> here:</p><p><a href="http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/" target="_blank">Thomas Tempelmann - Find Any File</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pm-r, post: 1644191, member: 175845"] That sounds logical Van and I was thinking the same kind of thing. Then I got side-tracked wondering why and how the "~" file opened in TextEdit when the Get Info doesn't even show any extension. Then I recalled something from away back and Mac's "hidden" file resources and found this: "[I]...Rather than relying on the file extension at the end of a file’s name, information about the file’s content — [B]the file’s MIME type[/B] — is embedded into the beginning of the file itself. So, when you open a file with no file extension, Linux and Mac OS X will look at the file’s MIME type to determine what type of file it is. ..[/I]." [Bold mine] [url=http://www.howtogeek.com/192628/mime-types-explained-why-linux-and-mac-os-x-dont-need-file-extensions/]MIME Types Explained: Why Linux and Mac OS X Don’t Need File Extensions[/url] Definitely a strange thing for the OP, and a bit unnerving as well. ;) I think I'd want to use [B]Find Any File[/B] and use it to locate any other files with the same created/modified date and close time as the "~" Get Info says. Just maybe some "companion" stuff may show up and trigger the old memory or something. Grab [B]Find Any File[/B] here: [url=http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/]Thomas Tempelmann - Find Any File[/url] [/QUOTE]
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